Hipster Credentials: Discovered Thrice before they were signed to a label. Owned a record player and vinyl back in the 90′s, witnessed NOFX play ‘The Decline’ live in its entirety, been known to wear a cardigan or two.

Hipster Credentials: I have the original Thrice ‘First Impressions’ E.P. and bought it when it was their only recording. I saw Michael Jackson on the original ‘Bad’ tour as a kid down in Los Angeles. I shopped at Greene records…probably bought a ton of stuff from Casey.

Name: Matt

Location: Detroit, MI

Favorite Non-Musical Media: Men’s Health Magazine

Favorite Shows Attended: Jimmy Eat World ’10, As I Lay Dying/Underoath ’10, Coldplay ’09, The Receiving End of Sirens/Hopesfall ’07, Every Time I Die/The Bled/August Burns Red ’07, Metallica ’97

Hipster Credentials: Known tendency to sip whiskey “neat”, and at will. Band of Horses fan. Made eye contact w/ Kirk Hammett, once. I own a $400 iron clock that doesn’t actually tell time, it’s just a fancy wall piece. Boat shoes.

Hipster Credentials: I once met Burt McCracken of The Used in court. We both got off with warnings.

Name: Joe

Location: Kauai

Favorite Non-Musical Media: um, Game of Thrones is amazing.

Favorite Shows Attended: every Sunny Day Real Estate show from ’97 – ’99, At The Drive In ’98 at the Troubadour, Jimmy Eat World ’98 at Chain Reaction, Radiohead ’00 at the Hollywood Bowl, Sigur Ros ’05 at Hawaii Theatre

Hipster Credentials: introduced my entire college peer group to SDRE, shopped at Vinyl Solution more than once, wore v-neck cardigan sweaters from Salvation Army way back in 1997. Oh, and I went to school with David Bazan’s sister. No big.

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He Casey, its aaron barber from SoCal. I went to Vangaurd with you and was on the 3rd floor in the towers. I also played guitar in the band Manchester. Anyway, I don’t know if you remember me, but i was checking out a website for a band i just recently discovered (and love): gates. They said they had just done an interview with this blog site, and come to find out they were interviewed by you. Anyway, just thought I would say Hi a see how things are. How did you end up in London? Did you go to Eddie’s memorial in San Diego, I must have missed you, there was a lot of people there. I still have a 3 for Flinching CD in my collection at home. Anyway, email me sometime if you get a chance.